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Senior Director, Supplier Insights & Partnerships
200 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL 60015Posted 1 weeks ago
onsite
Job Description
Job Summary
Provides the vision and leadership for Supplier Insights and guides Supplier Partnerships through a best‑in‑class Joint Business Planning (JBP) process. Leads a team responsible for delivering critical supplier insights that drive revenue growth across the retail P&L. Develops and executes strategic plans that enable Joint Business Plans and commercial objectives to be achieved. Partners closely with internal teams and supplier stakeholders to deliver data‑driven insights, strategic partnerships, and innovative measurement approaches. Builds strong, collaborative relationships with Merchants, Retail Media leadership, and Supplier teams. Shapes best‑in‑class analytics, informs strategic decision‑making, and translates complex data into clear, actionable recommendations. The outcomes of these efforts have a significant impact on both the organization’s short‑ and long‑term revenue performance and the strength of supplier partner relationships.
Job Responsibility
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
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Provides the vision and leadership for Supplier Insights and guides Supplier Partnerships through a best‑in‑class Joint Business Planning (JBP) process. Leads a team responsible for delivering critical supplier insights that drive revenue growth across the retail P&L. Develops and executes strategic plans that enable Joint Business Plans and commercial objectives to be achieved. Partners closely with internal teams and supplier stakeholders to deliver data‑driven insights, strategic partnerships, and innovative measurement approaches. Builds strong, collaborative relationships with Merchants, Retail Media leadership, and Supplier teams. Shapes best‑in‑class analytics, informs strategic decision‑making, and translates complex data into clear, actionable recommendations. The outcomes of these efforts have a significant impact on both the organization’s short‑ and long‑term revenue performance and the strength of supplier partner relationships.
Job Responsibility
- Develops a strategic plan (short and long-term) around the execution of corporate initiatives; leading and overseeing the activities for the area of responsibility across the company and business groups.
- Build strategy and inputs to inform annual long range planning cycle. Leads process reviews and development of strategies to meet financial targets, and departmental goals and objectives.
- Collaborates with executive leadership and peers to ensure understanding of key initiatives and results. Supports quarterly senior leadership planning off sites and assessment of business performance.
- Shares highly complex information related to areas of expertise. Interacts with senior management to keep abreast of objectives and report on the execution thereof. Advises and make actionable recommendations to executive management on strategic initiatives related to developing a customer focused organization.
- Accountable for growth and optimization of consumer awareness, market share and/or specified initiatives. Reviews the competitive marketplace and makes adjustments to operational and strategic activities based upon identified information.
- Develops budget for specified area of responsibility and is accountable for delivering against business goals/objectives.
- Builds the formal frameworks and methodologies for key strategic issues both leveraging existing resources and creating new innovative concepts across the Company, ensuring process and structural fit with cross-functional teams. Establish the underlying toolkit essential for building the infrastructure.
- Oversees and provides leadership, direction, and consultation to the Directors on staff within Supplier Insights & Partnerships. Builds and manages an internal/external team to lead the development of Supplier Insights & Partnerships. Oversees and directs the work of director, managers, and their subordinates. Obtains and allocates resources to meet operating plans. Ensures the ongoing training and development of direct reports. Develops and mentors staff through on-boarding, open communication, training and development opportunities and performance management processes; builds and maintains employee morale and motivation; ensures the team is appropriately staffed with required competencies; fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace.
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.
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